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Milburn Polling: Public Split on NEET rise, with a Third Blaming Young People’s Motivation

It lands alongside ONS figures showing more than a million 16 to 24 year olds are now NEET. The Department for Work and Pensions has published interim polling carried out by Ipsos for the Alan Milburn review into young…

Generation AI: Results Day Meets the UK’s First AI-Native Job Market

So, what is changing and how can young people adapt as they enter the workforce? We spoke to seven business leaders to gain their perspective. The early-career challenge Young people aren’t out of work by chance, the…

August 2026 ONS Labour Market Data: Education Records Steepest Vacancy Fall as Hiring Hits Decade low

The headline picture is a market going nowhere. Employment, unemployment and inactivity are all effectively where they were three months ago. The two findings worth the sector’s attention are the level of vacancies, now…

IVF staff accused of misleading UK parents about sperm and egg donors in northern Cyprus

In each case, the parents suspect they did not get the donors they had selected. The figure is one of several new findings in a BBC investigation that, earlier this year , uncovered the first seven cases. All the parents…

Student bank accounts: don’t be swayed by the freebies, freshers told

Student accounts work like any other current account but come with two extras that don't apply to the general public: an interest-free overdraft, and a lot of perks designed to hook you in as a customer for life.…

Boys Are Behind Girls In Level 3 Technical and Vocational Exams As Well As A Levels

With the Government’s renewed focus on technical and vocational qualifications – and the attempts to achieve equal recognition of their importance to both young people and the wider economy, T levels (the equivalent to…

Court of Appeal VAT decision on Colchester Institute sets clarity on funding but uncertainty everywhere else

On one level, that brings long-awaited clarity. On another, it raises a new set of challenges that the further education sector cannot ignore. The Court of Appeal agreed that government funding received by Colchester…

Have We Already Created Next Year’s Apprenticeship Problem?

Whether providers are responding to increased employer demand, new funding opportunities, changing local priorities or evolving technical pathways, leadership teams will inevitably be making decisions that shape future…

I was abused as a child – and thought I had healed. Then I began drinking in lockdown

He was happily married, working as a doctor and had a sideline writing medical thrillers. He thought he had dealt with the sexual abuse he had suffered as a child – not only had he helped bring the man who groomed and…

Tens of thousands pay tribute to Jason Arday at Trafalgar Square vigil

Many were dressed in black and held flowers, which they were asked to leave beneath Nelson's column. People also carried placards reading "rest in power". Arday, 41, was pronounced dead after emergency services were…